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CVE-2008-5409

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5409 is an unspecified vulnerability in the pdf.xmd module affecting BitDefender Free Edition 10, Antivirus Standard 10, BullGuard Internet Security 8.5, and Software602 Groupware Server 6.0.08.1118. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code through a crafted PDF file, possibly involving compressed streams and the ASCIIHexDecode filter. While not actively exploited in the wild (KEV: No), a proof-of-concept for a denial of service exploit exists on ExploitDB, indicating the feasibility of exploitation. Despite its high severity and available exploit, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:antivirus:10:_nil_:standard:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bitdefender:bitdefender:10:_nil_:free_edition:*:*:*:*:*
8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bullguard:internet_security:8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.08.1118CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:software602:groupware_server:6.0.08.1118:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-7178 · Nov 20, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1111 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 8,915 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

milw0rm.com / sploits/2008-BitDefenderDOS.zip
osvdb.org / 50010
osvdb.org / 50103
osvdb.org / 50205
secunia.com / advisories/27805
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32789
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32814
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46750
exploit-db.com / exploits/7178
securityfocus.com / bid/32396
Exploit